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Shin Saimdang

Type Figure Region Joseon dynasty Time 1504–1551 Also known as Shin Hye-won、Courtesy name Saim

Shin Saimdang (1504–1551), a renowned Joseon female painter and poet known for landscape and insect paintings and calligraphy, regarded as one of Jos…

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  1. 1504–1520Gangwon Province · Gangwon ProvinceFrom the Gangneung Shin clan, intelligent from childhood and versed in poetry, prose, painting and calligraphy; later married Yi Won-seong of Gyeongju (also read Yi Won-sik), mother of Yi I (Yulgok) and others, upholding household rites while devoted to art.
  2. 1520–1551Gangneung · GangneungSkilled at landscapes, insects, plum blossom and bamboo with a lucid brush; calligraphy in regular and running script, poetry of elegant restraint. Few works survive, but subjects like 'Insect Painting' became a classic paradigm of Joseon women's painting, highly esteemed by later generations.

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